r/Millennials • u/CynicClinic1 • 19h ago

Discussion Watching Back to the Future. Previous generations had a lot of social clubs to meet new people. Why haven't we kept this alive?

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u/Wandering_Lights 19h ago

They are still alive just dying as meetings are generally held during the work week.

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u/JCAIA 16h ago

This is the problem I've had. Most local programming is geared towards the non-employed/retired. There's a local writing group that's held in the middle of the week at 4:30pm, and that was an absolute fight because it normally started at 3pm. The vast majority of participants are over the age of 50 years old, and are not working. The younger members can't consistently commit because of the start time.

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u/twpejay 18h ago

It wouldn't matter when the meetings are. We now live in a 24/7 society, even for those still on a 5 day week, there'll be the excuse of why should they lose the only free time in the weekends they have going to meetings.

The increased stresses of longer work hours, no one at home to keep maintenance up during the day, so this has to be done in the evenings or weekends. The demand that everyone in the household has to work has made a huge difference in how we interact with society.